Copenhagen City, Denmark Genealogy

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Guide to Copenhagen City ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

History[edit | edit source]

Copenhagen has existed at least since the 11th century and was possibly founded by Svein Forkbeard. It replaced Roskilde as the capital of Denmark in 1443. Copenhagen has suffered several disasters throughout its history which affected the population. The following is a list of such disasters:

  • 1349: The Black Death
  • 1405-1406: Plague outbreak
  • 1428: Plague outbreak
  • 1446: Plague outbreak
  • 1460-1461: Plague outbreak
  • 1472: Plague outbreak
  • 1483: Plague outbreak
  • 1546-1548: Plague outbreak
  • 1553-1554: Plague outbreak
  • 1563-1568: Plague outbreak
  • 1575-1578: Plague outbreak
  • 1583-1585: Plague outbreak
  • 1592-1594: Plague outbreak
  • 1601-1603: Plague outbreak
  • 1618-1621: Plague outbreak. 7,000 persons dead
  • 1624-1626: Plague outbreak
  • 1628-1630: Plague outbreak. 5,000 persons dead
  • 1636-1638: Plague outbreak. 5,000 persons dead
  • 1652: Dysentery outbreak
  • 1654: Plague outbreak. 8,500-9,000 persons dead out of a total of 30,000-35,000
  • 1710-1711: Plague outbreak. 22,000-23,000 persons died out of a total population of 60,000
  • 20-23 October 1728: Fire. 28% of the city was destroyed, and 20% of the people were left homeless. Records from the diocese of Zealand were destroyed among other irreplaceable works
  • 5-7 July 1795: Fire. 6,000 of 100,000 inhabitants were made homeless. The rest of the medieval part of the city was destroyed
  • 16 August-5 September 1807: British bombardment of Copenhagen. 1,000 buildings were destroyed, 195 civilians died, and 768 were injured
  • 11 June-October 1853: Cholera outbreak. 7,219 infections were reported of which 4,737 died

Jurisdictions[edit | edit source]

Districts[edit | edit source]

Copenhagen is part of Sokkelund herred.

Parishes[edit | edit source]


Frederiksberg Mariendal ParishAnna Parish KøbenhavnSamuels Parish KøbenhavnSkt. Stefans Parish KøbenhavnSimeons Parish KøbenhavnFrederiksberg Skt. Lukas ParishFrederiksberg Skt. Thomas ParishBetlehem Parish KøbenhavnBlågård Parish KøbenhavnBrorson Parish KøbenhavnHelligkors Parish KøbenhavnSkt. Andreas Parish KøbenhavnHelligånd Parish KøbenhavnVor Frue (Roskilde) ParishApostelkirken Parish KøbenhavnGethsemane Parish KøbenhavnSkt. Matthæus Parish KøbenhavnElias Parish KøbenhavnMariakirkens Parish KøbenhavnHolmen Parish KøbenhavnChristiansborg ParishSkt. Pauls Parish KøbenhavnFrederik Parish KøbenhavnTrinitatis Parish KøbenhavnGarnison Parish KøbenhavnFreden Parish KøbenhavnNazaret Parish KøbenhavnFrihavn Parish KøbenhavnRosenvængets Parish KøbenhavnDavid Parish KøbenhavnHans Egede ParishSkt. Jacobs Parish KøbenhavnØstervold Parish KøbenhavnSkt. Johannes Parish KøbenhavnKastels Parish KøbenhavnKildevalde Parish KøbenhavnAldersro Parish KøbenhavnKingos Parish KøbenhavnKapernaum Parish KøbenhavnLundehus Parish KøbenhavnSions Parish KøbenhavnFrederiksberg Skt. Markus ParishFrederiksberg Godthåb ParishFrederiksberg Solbjerg ParishFrederiksberg Lindevang ParishKristkirkens ParishFrederiksberg ParishValby (Hvidovre) ParishEnghave Parish KøbenhavnAbsolon Parish KøbenhavnTimotheus Parish KøbenhavnJohannes Døbers Parish KøbenhavnFredriksholm Parish KøbenhavnVigerslev Parish KøbenhavnÅlholm Parish KøbenhavnAdvent Parish KøbenhavnAnsgar Parish, KøbenhavnGrøndal Parish KøbenhavnVanløse Parish KøbenhavnBrønshøj ParishUtterslev Parish KøbenhavnHusum Parish KøbenhavnBispebjerg Parish KøbenhavnHellerup ParishHolleruplund (Gentofte) ParishDyssegård (Gentofte) ParishSøbormagle (Gladsakse) ParishHaralds (Gladsakse) ParisMørkhøj (Gladsakse) ParishPræstebro (Gladsakse) ParishHerlev ParishIslev (Rødovre) ParishGrøndalslund ( Rødovre Parish)ParishRødovre ParishHendriksholm (Rødovre) ParishHvidovre ParishRisbjerg (Hvidovre) ParishStrandmark (Hvidovre) ParishVor Frelser Parish KøbenhavnChristians Plejehus (Christian) ParishIslands Brygges Parish KøbenhavnNathanaels Parish KøbenhavnSundby Parish KøbenhavnHøjdevangs Parish KøbenhavnKøbenhavn City map.png


Resources[edit | edit source]

Cemeteries[edit | edit source]

Census[edit | edit source]

Church Records[edit | edit source]

Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]

Land and Property[edit | edit source]

Local Histories[edit | edit source]

Military Records[edit | edit source]

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Taxation[edit | edit source]

Repositories[edit | edit source]

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Archives[edit | edit source]

Københavns Stadsarkiv
Københavns Rådhus
1599 København V
Denmark
Email: stadsarkiv@kk.dk
Website

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Det Kgl. Bibliotek
Telephone: (+45) 33 47 47 47
Email: kb@kb.dk
Website

Societies[edit | edit source]

Slægtshistorisk Forening for Storkøbenhavn
Email: info@genealogi-kbh.dk
Website

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